Vet Mind Works Podcast
This podcast is for veterinary professionals who are looking for better ways of working and living. We discuss mind-sets, mind skills, behaviours and habits, which support sustainable performance and wellbeing in a challenging profession, and allow us to develop our own 'best veterinary self'. Podcast hosts Petra Agthe and Alison Collings (two vets with a long-standing interest in psychology and related disciplines) interview interesting guests, ranging from veterinary colleagues to psychologists, who share their knowledge, experiences and insights on specific subjects. Occasionally, we also schedule a 'rest and digest' episode in which we discuss and reflect on previous topics. This is a podcast for the whole veterinary community and we encourage listeners to provide feedback and enter the discussion! You can do this by sending us an email to vetmindworks@gmail.com. We are happily funding this podcast ourselves to keep it independent.
Vet Mind Works Podcast
35. The Myth of Difficult People - with Phil Webb
Consider this for a moment: What if there were no difficult people?
What if it was more about difficult situations, circumstances and behaviours?
What if we could all learn to deal to engage more constructively with others in these difficult situations?
Our guest Phil Webb encourages us to do just this and he knows what he is talking about from working in a client facing role for most of his career. In the conversation with host Petra Agthe, Phil offers helpful tips and tools that have helped him and his colleagues to deal with these challenging situations more constructively – ranging from the importance of getting to know ourselves better to reframing anger.
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Chimp Paradox, by Prof Steve Peters
The 7 Habits of Highly Effectice People, by Stephen R Covey (the circle of control)
Publications about the link between reading fiction and empathy:
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1239918?sid=f192d0cc-1443-4bf1-a043-61410da39519
Where to find Phil:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-webb-0b42a7173/
Previous episodes relating to this topic:
Clinical communication with Helen Øvregaard
Active Listening with Mark Turner
Compassion with Katherine Wakelin and Megan Davis
Self-Regulation with Crina Dragu
This podcast is in partnership with the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). More about VIN here.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b
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Credits:
Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay
